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'narran sra'rns PATENT OFFIDE.

EDWARD W. TURNER, OF SWANSBORO, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOGEORGE M. ROGERS, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

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Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed July 28,1905. Serial No. 271,672.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. TURNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Swansboro, in the county of Ohestereld and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Ohurn, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to churns, and has for its object to'improve theconstruction and increase the efficiency rof devices of this character.

With these and other` objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in certainnovel features of constructions, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated thev preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved device, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional eleva- Fig. 3represents enlarged sectional details of one set of the shaft-bearingsand one of the dasher-operating shafts.

In the improved device is comprised a receptacle 10 for the milk orcream, which may be of any desired size or capacity and of any requiredshape, but will preferably be of circular shape and with a detachableclosure 11. Extending through one of the side walls of the receptacleare spaced studs 12 13, having threaded apertures for receiving threadedpivot-studs 14 15, the studs preferably provided with jam-.nuts 16 17 toincrease their security. Extending through the opposite walls of thereceptacle are bearing-studs 18 19, and between these two sets of studsdashers 2O 21 are disposed, the dashers having centerplates 22 23 at oneend to receive the terminals of the pivot-pins 14 15 and sockets 24 25in the other ends to receive the squared ends of shafts 26 27, journaledin the bearing-studs 18 19. The dasher 21 is of greatest widthcentrally, preferably in circular or disk form, and with numeroustransverse apertures 28, and the dasher 20 is in plate form and ofgreatest width at the ends and contracted centrally, and also withnumerous transverse apertures 29, the contracted edges of the dasher 20conforming to the periphery of the dasher 21, as shown in Fig. 2. Thedashers 2O 21 are thus mounted to rotate horizontally.

Attached at 30 31 to the receptacle 10 is a base-plate 32, havingoutwardly-extending viianges 33 34 at the ends and with seats 35 36 uponthe flanges to receive the ends of a supporting-plate 37, the latterthus maintained spaced from the base-plate and parallel thereto. Thesupporting plate 37 is provided with longitudinal slots 38 39 at theends through which clamp-screws 40 41 operate to detachably couple theplate 37 to the baseplate 32. The base-plate 32 and the supporting-plate37 are provided with transverse bearings to receive the shafts 2.6 27,and mounted upon these shafts between the plates are gear-wheels 42 43,and journaled in the plates 32 37 is a shaft 44, having a gear- Wheel 45interengaging with both the wheels 42 43, the shaft 44 also providedwith an operating crank 46. By this arrangement when the crank 46 isoperated the dashers 20 21 will simultaneously rotate and in the samedirection. The dasher 21 being of the greatest width centrally inrotating y moves the milk or cream outwardly, or toward the sides of thereceptacle, while the dasher 2O being largest at the ends and smallestat the center moves the milk or cream inwardly toward the center, sothat as the two dashers are rapidly rotated in close proximity, thecream or milk is most thoroughly agitated and commingled and acted uponin the most favorable manner to cause the rapid separation of the butterparticles.

The parts are easily separable for thorough cleansing and the dashersare also interchangeable, so that the larger dasher may be arranged atthe lower point, as in Fig. 2, or the dashers reversed in position whena smaller quantity of milk or cream is to be churned. The threaded pvotpins 14 15 provide a ready means for taking up wear and preventlooseness or rattling. shafts 26 27 will fit the bearings 18 19liquidtight or with ground joints.

The device may be readily adapted to anysized churn, as will be obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- In a churn, areceptacle having spaced IOO The

sockets in said dasher members a shaft our-A naled in the intermediatebearings in Said plates and provided with an operating-Crankinterengaging gear-Wheels upon said shafts and means for detaohablycoupling said supporting-plate to said base-plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD W. TURNER. Witnesses WM. T. MARTIN, JAS. S. BECK.

